Bulbostylis filamentosa
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Kalomo
Record: EA Robinson
Jan 1958
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Ikelenge, Kalene Hill N 6 km
Record: EA Robinson
Dec 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
Ikelenge, Kalene Hill N 6 km
Record: EA Robinson
Dec 1963
Photocopy: Mike Bingham
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Abildgaardia filamentosa (Vahl) Lye var. metralis (Cherm.) Lye Bulbostylis filamentosa var. metralis (Cherm.) Haines Bulbostylis metralis Cherm. |
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Fairly robust perennial 20-100 cm tall, stems crowded. Leaves 10-15 cm long; leaf sheaths brownish, the throat with long hairs. Inflorescence a dense crowded head of many spikelets. Spikelets acute. Mature nutlets minutely papillose. |
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Guinea |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Western and eastern Africa, D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Angola, South Africa |
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| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 297. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Pages 35 - 36. Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 101 - 102. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 87. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 92. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 75. |
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